{"id":16,"date":"2019-05-15T23:43:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T23:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ken-beck.com\/words\/2019\/05\/15\/hamming-it-up-two-pictorial-2\/"},"modified":"2020-02-03T15:04:58","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T15:04:58","slug":"hamming-it-up-two-pictorial-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ken-beck.com\/words\/2019\/05\/hamming-it-up-two-pictorial-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamming it up… Two… Pictorial"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the eve of a drive to camp in Ohio and attend the annual Hamvention, I took some pictures of the radio shack that’s forming on the site of my shrine to my father, KA3GER.<\/p>\n

Some of his gear has always been functional and useable by me. The Kenwood communications receiver is quite useful. And now that I have some privileges as a Technician, I can certainly make use of the Azden transceiver for 2 meter communication. (Hamnet on Thursday nights.) Some of it will come in handy when I upgrade to General: the Ameco AC-1 transmitter, and the Heathkit VFO. The Johnson Viking and its VFO also might be a cool project. I’ve got my Baofeng handheld, and the Heil pineboard constructions, which, as a General, will be fun to get on the air…<\/p>\n

The point is, it’s now a functional shack and that’s a way better shrine to my Dad’s memory than a bunch of junk collecting dust…<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Dad’s KA3GER hat atop the Ameco AC-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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My build of the Heil pineboards, putting out a good carrier using the the Heath VFO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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And to the right, the VFO’s power supply, built on the ashes of Dad’s attempt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The trusty Kenwood, getting a good signal from that pineboard…<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Closeup of the pineboard PS and Preamp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Transmitter in backgraound, MFJ QRP wattmeter, foreground. Heath VFO to right…<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Dad’s fancy Morse key lurks… (Gotta make a keyer I can use!)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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There stands the (last remaining dinosaur jelly) glass… its bourbon long gone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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And putting it to bed, as I must prep for the road trip<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Some of this gear Dad bought at ‘hamfest’ flea markets. Allegedly, the Ohio Hamvention is the mother of all such…<\/p>\n

Some of it, the more recent stuff, like the Kenwood… I have a feeling he got as gifts from the family. I don’t think he ever really put the Azden to work. it was new in the box when I got it after his death. He tended to use the most beat up, cheap, crappy gear that he got for next to nothing. The price sticker ($30) is still on the Ameco…<\/p>\n

I’ll probably blow some money on radio gear this weekend. And the pineboard project was not exactly cheap to make. But that’s me…<\/p>\n

KD9NDJ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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